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Registration for this event is closed. On-site registration will be available on the morning of the event:

Members - $100

Non-Members - $150

The Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce invites the Chicago business community to celebrate its 109th Annual Meeting of Membership on June 4, 2013 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago.

We are pleased to announce that this year's keynote speaker is Jeff Smisek, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of United Continental Holdings, Inc., the holding company for both United Airlines and Continental Airlines. Together with their regional partners, these airlines operate a total of approximately 5,675 flights a day to 372 airports on six continents.

Previously, Smisek was Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Continental Airlines, Inc. Smisek joined Continental in 1995 as Senior Vice President and General Counsel. In 2004, he became President and was elected to the company’s board of directors. He became President and Chief Operating Officer in September 2008 and assumed the role of Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer in January 2010.

Smisek graduated from Princeton University, A.B. summa cum
laude in economics, in 1976, and Harvard Law School, J.D.
magna cum laude, in 1982. He is married and has two children,
and is a long-time supporter of numerous charitable and civic
organizations.

Smisek serves on the board of directors for the Museum of
Science and Industry and National Oilwell Varco, Inc. In addition,
he is on the Baker Institute Board of Advisers and is Vice
Chairman of the Board of Airlines for America.

He was also named Aviation Week’s Person of the Year for 2010.

Networking in the Sponsors Pavilion starts at 7:00am. The program and breakfast will begin promptly at 7:45am.

Registration for this event closes at Noon on May 28, 2013, space permitting. Requests for reasonable accommodations must be made by May 27, 2013. Registrations are on a first-come, first-serve basis and can only be guaranteed with advance payment. No refunds.